Welcome to CTUC

The California Trail Users Coalition is a non-profit corporation designed to help all interested parties participate in a beneficial forum. Our mission statement is as follows:
	“To provide a forum for all trail users to discuss related issues, problems and alternative solutions; to assist in the planning, development, maintenance and hosting of trails; and to help enforce the rules of the road; and to develop and maintain programs designed to educate users on proper use of trails and trail etiquette.”

At its next meeting on Wednesday, January 18, at 5:00 pm, California Trail Users Coalition will discuss in detail its plans and those of the Angeles National Forest for the 2012 California OHV grants cycle. This will be an opportunity for the public to provide input regarding projects they would like to see CTUC and the ANF pursue under the OHV grants program.

Therefore, it is especially important for CTUC members and those of the public to attend this month's meeting. Please come with your ideas and share them with us. The meeting will be held at 3550 Foothill Boulevard in Glendale, California.

The annual OHV grant applications are a key part of the partnership between the CTUC and the State of California, which issues grants to a variety of entities to improve OHV recreation. This year, approximately $20 million is available for allocation.

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C.T.U.C. and

The California OHVMR

are proud to present our brand new maps for your Southern California recreational needs.

Angeles National Forest/El Mirage

Friends of Jawbone - East Kern County

Inyo National Forest and Bishop BLM

The maps are $3/map. You can also find them at most of your favorite recreation stores, motorcycle shops, etc. To order by mail, send $3 (plus $1 each for postage) per map you want and a list with how many of each and your name and address to:

C.T.U.C. Map Orders

3550 Foothill Blvd.

Glendale, CA 91214

We will pack them up and mail them back to you. Thanks for your support and enjoy these great maps.

You can click the logo at the very top or this link for Trailusers.org and more information.

Click here for information on joining CTUC as a member or giving a tax deductible donation.

An equestrian Richard Bosler and Dana Bell, a motorcyclist, formed this group. I got into the meeting in the 2^nd round and we quickly incorporated this group on May 9, 1998. This organization is headquartered at 3550 Foothill Blvd. in Glendale, CA.

Angeles National Forest and Los Padres National Forest have worked with CTUC as we bring a Multiple-Use-Concept to the table. This group has been successful for getting almost $300,000 in grants from the Recreational Trails Plan, a grant from the Federal Government.

The anchor for CTUC is having entered into an agreement with Angeles National Forest to manage the North Fork Station. This was a $5 million station no longer in use that was going to be visited by the bulldozer until Forest Service Specialist Julie Molzahn talked to CTUC about adopting the station. Chairman Terry Kaiser, an equestrian from Sunland, jumped on the idea and the rest is history. With the help of CTUC’s Secretary / Treasurer Barry Wetherby, this has been and is an incredible project.

CTUC has a full time volunteer Todd Dora. (Yes, full time.) Todd has been living on site for over two years, and helping all multiple users who visit the station. Those most visiting station are the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hikers on their trek from Mexico to Canada. Todd welcomes everyone and we hope you will take the time to visit him, have a picnic on the new grounds, with tables for the handicapped persons, etc. It is a beautiful site and worth the visit. If you want to talk to Todd Dora and make reservations for any multiple use group, call him at 661-269-1870. He can schedule you or your group at the North Fork Station. There is a room for training, meetings, or just having a relaxing time in the forest.

CTUC’s accomplishments have been to secure 3 grants for picnic tables and handicap accessible tables and drinking fountains, restroom facilities, corral and secure motorcycle parks. We also have a grant waiting to be done on a Staging area at the Indian Canyon entrance off Soledad Canyon. This will be a multi-use staging area for equestrians and motorcyclists. We also have a grant to install restroom and picnic facilities in Los Padres National Forest.

The most recent accomplishment is that CTUC is hosting of the State Motorized Trails System (SMTS) website or www.smts.info.

This is our Motorized version of the Pacific Crest Trail going from Mexico to Canada. During the formation of the OHV Program in 1972, legislation specifically stated that we would have the State Motorized Trail System.

The following is quoted from the California Department of Parks & Recreation Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division’s LAWS Related to the Off-Highway Vehicle Program, (Third Printing Thru 1999 Legislative Session):

State vehicular recreation trails shall consist of corridors which are designated and maintained for recreational travel by off-highway motor vehicles, which are not generally maintained for recreational travel by off-highway motor vehicles, which are not generally suitable or maintained for normal travel by conventional two-wheel drive vehicles, and which are designated for off-highway motor vehicle travel by the owner of, or other person or public entity having control over, the property traversed by the trail. State vehicular recreation trails may include lands designated and maintained as trailheads. State vehicular recreation trails shall be selected and managed in accordance with this chapter. Trails designated pursuant to this section may be known as the California Statewide Motorized Trail.

This site www.smts.info is being developed with the help of Chris Waldheim, Jerry Counts and Jan McGarvie and all members of the Steering committee of the State Motorized Trail System. We also have secured web sites; www.csmts.info California State Motorized Trail System and www.bcdt.info Back Country Discovery Trail as reference to the main SMTS. This web sites will have maps, and locations to obtain information on the Californian Trail System.

Sneakers M.C. out of Bishop with help from Jerry Counts has already put some Eastern Sierra informaion on line - www.sneakersmc.com/trailmaps.htm

The initial thought was to incorporate this as a separate 501c.3 Corporation, but the Board of Directors of CTUC (California Trails User Coalition) decided to be the sponsor of this system. This trail program goes right in with the mission of CTUC.

CTUC meets every 3^rd Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at 3550 Foothill Blvd. Glendale, CA. 91214. Terry Kaiser officiates the meetings and everyone is welcomed. You can check CTUC’s website at www.trailusers.org or our new site www.ctuc.info

The Grapevine Adventure Association has joined CTUC as an association dedicated to the areas surrounding Gorman, CA. Click here to see the latest brochure, G.A.A.

Please make any donations to CTUC. These donations are all tax deductible. A supporting membership is also available.